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We have a 12 week old chocolate lab puppy and for the last…

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We have a 12...

We have a 12 week old chocolate lab puppy and for the last 2-3 days, he hasnt been eating or drinking much; jowever, he has been vomiting up an opaque,cre***** *****quid (almost like mucus). He's overly tired and has a runny nose and his eyes seem unfocused slightly. Also, 2-3 days ago, we got two more puppies (both about 9 mo. old). One of our newer pups had been vomiting the first day we had him. I was just wondering if the two could be related and if this newer dog had gotten my 12 week old puppy sick. The older puppy is fine now, but my smaller pup seems like he's getting worse.

Veterinarian's Assistant: I'm sorry to hear that. This sounds like it might be serious. I'll let the Veterinarian know what's going on ASAP. Is there anything else the Veterinarian should be aware of about the dog?

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These are serious symptoms in a puppy this age. It is possible that your puppy has not developed immunity even if he has had his first vaccinations, I suggest he be seen by your vet as soon as possible to check for parvovirus. If the pup just stopped eating in the last day or so, there is a good chance of survival if it is parvo and a new drug Tamiflu is administered quickly. However, if not caught relatively quickly more costly treatment might be necessary.

Tamiflu is a new treatment for parvovirus but it has to be given within the first 48 hours of the symptoms appearing (loss of appetite). With this treatment given in a timely manner, I've had 100% recovery with numerous litters and puppies having parvo. For this reason, I urge you to have the puppy seen immediately and if it is indeed parvo, ask about Tamiflu and if the doctor doesn't know about it, insist they look up the information. You can read about it here:

A puppy can become dehydrated quickly, so it is important to keep them hydrated with pedialyte and put a drop of pancake syrup on the pup's tongue to keep the glucose level up.

While there are other things that can cause the symptoms, given the age of the puppy, it is best to have your lab pup seen by your vet.

As to whether the pup could have caught something from the older dog, that is always possible. However, if it started 2-3 days ago, and you got the new dogs 2-3 days ago, there would have been no incubation period so disease transmission would not be as likely. That doesn't meam your pup might not have picked up parvovirus from another source.

Now if all the dogs are eating and drinking together, the older dogs might not be allowing the pup to eat and drink and since he isn't eating regularly, he might vomit up a mucousy even yellowish fluid (excess bile). So if you think this might be happening, try feeding him away from the other dogs where they can not even look at him. If he eats then, that would be a good sign that the other dogs are intimidating him into not eating.

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